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  • The History of the World in 12 Soccer Matches

    by Stefano Bizzotto ...
    Translated by Will Schutt ...
    An epic tale of war, revolution, economic crisis, and social transformation told through the story of twelve historic soccer games, with a gallery of unexpected heroes, thwarted tragedies, and stunning, world-changing results . . .Soccer has always intersected with history—sometimes during an anonymous match, sometimes in a major world final—because, from the sport's beginning in 1848, echoes of ... Read more

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  • Soccer in Sun and Shadow

    by Eduardo Galeano ...
    Translated by Mark Fried ...
    One of Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time—a history of soccer that "stands out like Pelé on a field of second-stringers" ( The New Yorker).The beautiful game deserves a beautiful book, and Eduardo Galeano—one of Latin America's most acclaimed authors—has written it. From Aztec champions sacrificed to appease the gods, to the goals that were literally scored into wooden posts in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1312: Among the Ultras

    A journey with the world’s most extreme fans

    by James Montague ...
    You can see them, but you don't know them.Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world. Yet they remain unknown: an anti-establishment force that is ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

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  • What Is the World Cup?

    by Bonnie Bader, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Stephen Marchesi ...
    Series series What Was?
    GOOOAAAAAL! Get ready for a front-row seat at the world's most-watched sporting event--the World Cup.Every four years, thirty-two of the best men's soccer teams from across the globe compete for the title of FIFA World Cup winner. Over one billion people tuned in worldwide to watch the final game of the 2014 competition, making the World Cup the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, ... Read more

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  • Behind the Curtain

    Football in Eastern Europe

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    'EPIC' Financial Times'PERCEPTIVE' The Sunday Times'BLISSFUL' Daily Telegraph'FASCINATING' Independent on Sunday'TERRIFIC' Henry Winter'EXCELLENT*' Simon Kuper*The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, from the award-winning author of Inve... ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Soccer Against the Enemy

    How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power

    by Simon Kuper ...
    Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death for millions around the world, an international lingua franca. Simon Kuper traveled to twenty-two countries to discover the sometimes bizarre effect soccer can have on politics and culture. At the same time he tried to discover what makes different countries play a simple game so differently. Kuper ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • ULTRAS

    The A-Z of Europes Most Feared Soccer Hooligans

    by John McCoist ...
    They used to call it the English disease. Football Hooliganism was rampant on the terraces of English clubs through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and is still very much alive today but on a different level. Over the last decade Europe's football clubs have took on the mantle and brought new levels of violence to the terraces. Knifes, hatchets and even guns have been used on some of Europe's football ... Read more

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  • The World Cup, A Very Peculiar History

    by David Arscott ...
    Series Book 28 - A Very Peculiar History
    In 'The World Cup, A Very Peculiar History', author David Arscott tackles the big subjects at the heart of the beautiful game, including how the tournament first kicked off, the dirty tactics used throughout the years and the most memorable managers in the history of football. Filled to the brim with quirky quotes, fantastic facts and surprising statistics, this is the perfect accompaniment to any ... Read more

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  • The Soccer 100

    by The Athletic, Oliver Kay, James Horncastle ...
    Series Book 3 - Sports series
    A celebration of the beautiful game and its 100 greatest players, from the pre–World War II exploits of Dixie Dean to the modern-day genius of Kylian Mbappé and Lionel MessiThese players left legacies, redefined the game with trademark skills, and grew into national icons. They have their stats—the goals, the wins, the trophies—but, more importantly, they have their stories.One World Cup winner ... Read more

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  • Soccer Men

    Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport

    by Simon Kuper ...
    Simon Kuper's New York Times bestseller Soccernomics pioneered a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous empirical analysis and incisive -- and witty -- commentary. Kuper now leaves the numbers and data behind to explore the heart and soul of the world's most popular sport in the new, extraordinarily revealing Soccer Men.Soccer Men goes behind the scenes with soccer's greatest players and ... Read more

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  • The World Cup: The Complete History

    by Terry Crouch, James Corbett ...
    Now in its fourth edition, The World Cup: The Complete History, is the only book to give a truly encyclopedic guide to the greatest football show on earth. Fully revised and updated in time for the 2014 finals in Brazil, the book is renowned for its remarkable comprehensiveness. Featuring a separate chapter for every competition; every single result of every match; every single player in every ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mammoth Book Of The World Cup

    by Nick Holt ...
    Series Book 279 - Mammoth Books
    An all-encompassing, chronological guide to football's World Cup, one of the world's few truly international events, in good time for the June 2018 kick-off in Russia. From its beginnings in 1930 to the modern all-singing, all-dancing self-styled 'greatest show on Earth', every tournament is covered with features on major stars and great games, as well as stories about some less celebrated names ... Read more

    $6.99 USD